carcanet

Example Sentences

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I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours: Say that I linger'd with you at your shop To see the making of her carcanet, And that to-morrow you will bring it home.

From The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, William

I told him further and pressed him: Said I, I have staid a great while, and would stay longer, if he might have the £600 and the carcanet.

From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir

But to Him, His pauper’s mat of straw was an eternal throne of glory, and His heavy chains a sovereign’s carcanet.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

On her dress was no ornament whatever, neither was there a ring on her hand, or a necklace or carcanet about her neck.

From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George